"Stepping off the world" ... isn't that what we all want to do for a while? Great musical energy and inspiration in this track!😉👏

magnificent words about taking a step back when you need to breathe and clear your head, I really like the voice and this energy, superb guitar and arrangement, great product :)

Wow, amazing track Gary, Terry and Hans. Brilliant songwriting, ensemble sympatica and intense delivery. I'm hearing Led Zep, Roy Harper and early Genesis. Just brilliant, all of you!

This will really stay with you! Powerful work from all of you, and just love the drums Gary!!

Great track. Another super vocal track. All so natural on that front. Was there a lot of ad lib involved ? Feels that way... Instinctual

Great collab.  Wonderful track and great lyrics!

Oh this is a superb track guys , so much talent , I'm so impressed !

(Written by Terry Reeves)
Terry Reeves: Lead Vocal
Gary Reeves: Drums / Drum arrangement
Hans Albers: All instruments, backing vox, arrangement & production

Cover art by Jooinn.

This is a totally stolen idea gleaned from another one of those phone conversations with my brother Gary. We talk to each other every few days and normally end up sounding like two old men sitting on a park bench putting the World to rights.

I’m sure a lot of what we say has been said many times before (what hasn’t?) but one day, out of the blue, Gal says to me “ Sometimes I find things too difficult to deal with. I would love the opportunity to step off the world for just one second and clear my head a bit...” At the time I just accepted it as the type of thing we say to each other but two days after the phone call the idea of stepping off the world to escape the pressures of daily life returned when I was playing my guitar. The words “I’m stepping off, I’m stepping off” fitted with what I was playing and the start of a new opus was born.

Once a song seems complete, I generally record a quick demo and send it off to Gal to see if it has any potential. If he thinks it has, between us we try to put a better demo together to send to Hans.  If he thinks it’s any good, he’ll work on an arrangement and more often than not sends back something back that sounds way better than what we’d imagined.  

We might chip in a few ideas here and there (as Gal did with a totally new drum arrangement on this) but Hans is definitely the one that gives it most of it’s final shape and sound.  I love every step of the songwriting process.  It provides a kind of therapy and the creative process gives every day purpose and interest.  You could say it’s my way of stepping off the world for a short moment.
(Terry Reeves)

I’m stepping off the world
To give myself a chance
For a moment of reflection
Avoid the need to dance 
One thousand miles per hour
Never firmly on the ground 
Gravity with no connection 
Spinning fast head going round 

Stepping off, I’m stepping off
I’m stepping off, I’m stepping off
I’m stepping off, I’m stepping off
Stepping off the world 

No New Year's Revolution 
Rotating much too fast 
Survival of the fittest
Fittest days are in the past
Step off every Monday
Not back until Tuesday week
One moment makes a difference
Like a lifetime so to speak

Stepping off, I’m stepping off
I’m stepping off, I’m stepping off
I’m stepping off, I’m stepping off
Stepping off the world

Don’t want to give a reason
Good feelings are oppressed 
Try different constellation 
Laying down has more interest
Stepping off a single second 
With no single past regret
Not a care for single thinking 
Avoid joining one single thread

Stepping off, I’m stepping off
I’m stepping off, I’m stepping off
I’m stepping off, I’m stepping off the world
Stepping off the world, Stepping off the world, Stepping off the world, Stepping off the world, Stepping off the world, Stepping off the world...

STEPPING OFF THE WORLD - CRIPPLE CLUB & HANS ALBERS

Fourth track of a set of short piano pieces called "Rêveries pour Piano".
Sous la Lumière.

Rêveries pour Piano IV - Sous la Lumière

Jazz 07/12/24

Cast of Characters:

J.J. Terrell–@j-j-terrell – piano, organ, composition
Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez – Fender Stratocaster electric guitar
TexMex Shaman–@texmex-shaman –Stephen– Suhr electric guitar, mix, and production
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara -–Ken–drums
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)–@josh-clary-1 –- four string Fender Precision Bass

This song began one creative Saturday evening several weeks ago with JJ coming up with it on his organ, piano, bass, and drums. He wrote it with the Eclectic Collective in mind and immediately shared it with the rest of us.
  Ken was the first to jump on it, adding his strong, Masonesque drums. Josh excitedly dove in once he had a beat to play off of. Then, it was time for the guitarists in the band to show off their skills. Stephen laid down the psychedelic, textural guitar you hear throughout, as well as the thrilling solo in the middle, starting around 1:25 and ending around 1:50. Tez did his best Dave Gilmour impression, adding rest of the fiery lead solo you hear throughout, as well. 
  Once it was in the can, we needed a mix, of course, and Stephen was kind enough to work his magic on the production.
  This is a perfect example of a JJ seed that took bloom with the EC. We all love working on his songs. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Desert  Moon Flower (Eclectic Collective)

La manufacture des abat-jour, 
Le nouveau titre de Matziz !!
https://youtu.be/1QuRW9AhDkQ

Actuellement en écoute partout et avec un petit clip fait maison en prime.
 (Merci Sam pour l'étalonnage et Stéph pour l'idée de personnifier plus les acteurs et actrices...)

Vidéo qui devrait ravir les multimilliardaires en manque de croisades idéologiques et touste ceux et celles qui lèchent plus ou moins sciemment ce genre de derches bien crades...

Au plaisir de lire vos retours

https://matzizrecords.bandcamp.com/album/la-manufacture-des-abat-jour
https://soundcloud.com/theophile2latour/la-manufacture
https://music.imusician.pro/a/T2aAaY02/

La manufacture des abat-jour - Video clip in description

Hallo everyone,

My first Upload this year !
More will follow soon, 
Have a great trip listening to my latest sibbling ! : )))

Peace.

Hypersonic Adventures

This Is A Hybrid Track..  i made a beat with Bitwig and Arcade,  I used AI For arrangment, I used Ace Studio And Autotune/Fx for the vocal..  And i finally did some chopping, restoration and mastering In Cubase..  And i used Canva for the "ArtWork"   Enjoy  :O)

Music Is Life (Icebreaker)

Maggie & Eddy 2

Min serenad till dig. 1034 ( 1996 ) Margareta Theorin - Eddy Mango ( Margareta )

'Ruglen's Wee Roon Lums' Inspired by the Glasgow tongue twister "Ruglen's Wee Roon Lums Reek Briskly". translation "there is a lot of smoke from the tenement chimneys in Rutherglen".  

Sleeping Warriors

Ruglens Wee Roon Lums

Ruglen's Wee Roon Lums

with all the love we possess we look into the eyes of our jewels hoping for the future....🙏🏿🌈💫

Here with You ⭐ instrumental.mp3

PLEASE NOTE: this is an .mp3 file only since higher quality .wav files are currently not uploading on soundcloud

method: to distract me from the everyday task of fighting demons of the mind,  I set out with a gregorian version, only to understand that my voice was not up to standards and expectations. You can still hear that choral in the background. Well, gregorian monks might might have actually sounded like that – not everyone is a pitch creature after all. After postponing some iterations to enjoy creating UP UP AND OUT with Jeff (and assissting in setting the next project on good tracks), I  then added layers to better match what my mind heard to what the headphones belted out. Somehow, I did not let go of the initial composition, though – feeling attached to its disjointed, squealing humanity. Call me sentimental and you’re right. I also just felt like taking this ride on the RC-505, rediscovering my former companion from hitherto unexplored angles ;-) 

Narration: the poem is about an evolution – or a journey to the sea – whatever you prefer to call it. having become aware of the circumstance that I am more of a liability than an asset in certain processes, I found myself in the clutches of a transformation that needed processing itself – and a good deal of sublimation, I guess. 

Image: copyright jo richter

poem / copyright jo richter:

all the hardly humid barrens
harbour time in arid sands

while the early einkorn seedlings
of the floodlands sway and bend

and the tides bring tidal tidings
weighing vapour, thermal scales

ah, the oceans, giant oceans
breathing water, water whales

isosem

Mountain Songs is a project dedicated to my brother Brian Reeves (aka Rocky Mountain, 1948–2012), an accomplished songwriter, guitarist and arranger.  He was the creative force behind so many of the songs on this page.  If you have time, please click for lyrics and track history. 
This is for you Bri, with love and thanks from us all.   We miss you. (Gary Reeves)

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